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-BRASSAVOLA CUSPIDATA. SPEAR-LIPPED 
BRASSAVOLA. 
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Class and Order. 
GyNANDRIA MoNANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcuipeEz, ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala et petala subequalia, libera, acuminata. Label-— 
lum cucullatum, integrum, columnam involvens. Colwmna 
marginata, clavata, stigmate infundibulari, clinandrio pos- 
tice tridentato. Pollinia 8, subequalia, quibusdam aliis 
parvis interjectis. Anthera 4-locularis, septis marginatis, 
loculis semibipartitis.—Herbe caulescentes, epiphyte, apice 
folium unicum v. alterum, semicylindraceum, carnosum, 
supra sulcatum, apice subulatum, gerentes. Flores termi- 
nales, magni, speciost. Lindl. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Brassavoa cuspidata ; caule unifloro, labello trilobo, lobis 
lateralibus rotundatis parce fimbriato-dentatis inter- 
medio longissimo cuspidato-subuliformi integerrimo, 
sepalis petalisque longe acuminatis. 
From the collection of Joun Moss, Esq., of Otterspool, 
Liverpool, which, partly owing to that gentleman’s ex- 
tensive South American correspondents and connexions, 
and partly to the skill of his gardener, Mr. James, bids 
fair to rival some of the many Collections of Orchideous 
plants of which the country may well be proud. The plant 
was sent from Trinidad with about fifty others of the same 
family by Rozerts, Esq., Otterspool. Five species of 
Brassavota have been described by Professor Linptey. 
The present is a sixth, evidently most nearly allied to B, 
cucullata, Br. (KripENDRUM cucullatum, Bot. Mag. t. rae 
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